Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 88, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1904 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1304.

GREAT BRITAIN IS SI TO BE ENDEAVQREHG TO ike mm RUSSIA Coninjents of a St. Petersburg Paper on the Rumor, Which Lacks Confirmation.

The Battle of Port Arthur Ey JAMES F. J. ARCHIBALD. Collier's Special Correspondent with the Russian Forces in the Liaotung Penissula. [Published by the Journal by Special Arrangement with Collier's Weekly.]

COALITION IS PROPOSED

Suggestion that Russia, France and Britain Combine to Combat the Yellow Peril. BT. PETERSBURG, March 27. There is much discussion in diplomatic and ofiicial Circles over the intimation that tireat Cri tain, through the French entente, is Ceklnff to compose her differences with Russia. The Novosti, which has long been tie leading exponent of this Idea, to-day editorially contends that there is no real conflict of Interests and that nothing but cn ingrained mutual distrust keeps the two nations apart. The Novosti goes farther in proposing a European coalition under the auspices of Russia, Franco and Great Britain, to comtat "the yellow danger," and says: "We fcave always maintained that a new triple Clliance would assure the balance of power Bot only in Europe but throughout the tforld." The Novosti gives Emperor William credit for a prophetic realization of "the yellow peril," and says: "He lirst understood the Impeding neceslty for union of all the Trhite races against the yellows as shown by his symbolic painting. His prophecy was realized sooner than he expected and the yellow peril has overtaken Europe, when fortunately, no longer troubled by dreams of conquest or revenge, will be able to assure peace and devote its united energies to cope with the threatening danger In the far East." The article concludes by urging the powers to settle the Asiatic problem once and for all by apportioning territory. "If they hesitate now," says the article, "they will have to do so sooner or later. Another opportunity will not occur for a quarter of a century, but then they will have to cope with the 'united strength of barbarians with vast armies trained in war. The old triple alliance Is tottering and the yellow peril gives it a death blow. A new triple alliance becomes a logical necessity." JAPAI1ESE AGAIN FAIL TO OOTTIE RUSSIAN FLEET (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) enemy's shells, was floated during the night and entered the harbor, thanks to the energy of her crew. Her commander. Lieutenant Krinlzki. who was slightly wounded In the arm. did not quit his post. "On the nrerhlps were Infernal machines, the wires connected with which were cut by Lieutenant Kodroff and Ensign Pilsoudsky. of the irregulars, whom I dispatched on this task. They boarded one of the steamers ns soon as it stopped, cut the electric wire and extinguished the fire which would have lit up the entrance of the harbor to the enemy in the roadstead. Inthe Criorning a floating mine was found bearing an infernal machine, but the latter was successfully removed. . "The Inspection müde showed that the steamers utilized as tireships were not old. They were each of ab.out 2.JM) tens and they were armed with light calibre guns." ALEXIEFF'S ADVICES. Vice Admiral Alexleff in' a dispatch to the Emperor from Mukden says: "During an attack by the enemy's ships oa March 27 on the torpedo boat Silni, one of the latter's steam pipes and iwr steering gear were damaged in consequence of which she was beached near Golden Hill, but since then she has been refloated. The number of men killed and wounded on the torpedo boat has not yet been ascertained. "Shortly before 5:15 this morning the enemys torpedo boats were sighted to the south of Port Arthur and the batteries opened nre on them. .towards o o ciock i the enemv's squar.vlron appeared on the horizon. Thirty batteries on Tig?r peninsula opened nre and our fleet steamed out cf the harbor, the Bayan and Askold lead ing, and fired at th encrny. Our lire, however, ceased immediately in view of the great distance cf the enemy's squadron. "At o'clock our entire squadron lned up In the roadstead. Th? Japanese srjifcidron drew off in a toi!theater!y Ilrection evidently irf order to avoid shin battle and ' towards 10 o'clock it dltai.p artd below the horizon." MARQUIS ITO AND SUITE LEA FE SEO UL SEOUL, Korea, March K. Marquis Ito and his suite left here to-day. General Ijlchl. who was formerly military attache to the Japanese legation here, did not accompany him. Aftr a farewell audience of the Erapjcr. Marquis Ito was entertained at dinner by his MsJFty. The departure of the marquis and hi3 party was attended by Korean officials and the diplomatists In Seoul. Durins his stay here Marquis Ito was shown distinguished consideration by the Emperor of Korea and the crown prince. His visit has resulted in reassuring the people of Korea and in paving the way for an extension of Japanese influence. At Etat functions Marquis Ito always advised deliberation, gradual reform, and that no Increase be made in the Korean army, and there is no question but that the advice oi Japan will be accepted. The mission of the Marquis Ito has lessened political friction between Korra and Japan, and it will make easier the task fur the Jnpanese advisers who ultimately will officiate here. Korea will send a return mission to Japan. The oßlclal to head this mission has not yet been chosen, but the Emperor desires that Yi Chi Ylng. a former minister of foreign affairs, be selected for this part. Yl Chi Ylng hesitates to undertake the mission, fearing to become too much identified with the pro-Japanese party of Korea. According to a dispatch from the Seoul correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle, published March H. General Ijlchl visited the Korean War Office and intimated that he had ben appointed ita adviser, but the authorities declined to recognize him as such. CHINESE WARNED TO ' ATTEND TO OWN AFFAIRS ST. PETERSBURG, March 2S. A proclamation issued by the Chintse Governor of Manchuria has been received here. It directs that ail Chinese In Manchuria shall Observe neutrality and attend strictly to business and particularly to refrain from damaging railroad and telegTaph lines. They are also ordered to report any such attempts Immediately. General Tahitshagoff. commanding tho railroad guard in Manchuria, has forbidden ptople t carry arms within a strip dxty vorsts wide which the railroad traverfe?. The order restricts the operations of Chinese troops and prohibits the pursuit of Chinese bandits by Chinese militia, except with special permission. It appeals to the people to assist the Russians in protecting the roud from Injury. , JAPANESE TOBACCO BILL IS AMENDED TOKIO, March The lower House of Parliament has amended . the tobacco monopoly bill by Increasing the compensation clause frqm a sum equaling three years Income to a sum equaling the amount of tales for three years. M. Sone, the minister of finance, opposed the amendment, and It was expected that the government creuld Uke strong ground against it In

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Copyright. 1304. by Collier's Weekly. THE RUSSIAN CRUISER VARIAG ON FIRE IN CHEMULPO HARBOR. The American-built protected cruiser Varia, of 6.500 tons, fought one of the most trallant battles ag-alnyt odds in the history of naval warfare. When Admiral Urlu. on Feb. 34 ordered the Russians to surrender or fight In Chemulpo harbor, the Japanese odds were two battleships, six cruisers and twelve torpedo craft. Against these were the twelve 6-ineh guns of the Variag and the helpless little gunboat Korietz. Captain RoudnofT. of the cruiser, stemmed out. with band playing and the crews of the neutral warships in port cheering the courage of this forlorn hope. He met the Japanese fleet eight miles out. the enemy using long-range 12-inch guns and pounding away at a distance which made the Variag's batteries harmless. The first two shells from Admiral Uriu's flagship disabled two boilers, smashed the bridge and gave the Variag so heavy a list that her port battery was useless. Ten large projectiles riddled the cruiser, besides a rain of shrapnel. In fifty minutes not a gun could be worked, the ship was afire, engines crippled and 1W officers and men of a complement of 540 lay dead and wounded on the decks. The Variag crept back Into port, useless for further battle, and it was decided to blow her up. Her crew was removed to the British cruiser Talbot and the French cruiser rascal. Then the Variag was set on fire, sea-cocks were opened, and three hours later one of the finest warships afloat, after only eighteen months' service, went to the bottom, a shattered and blackened mass of steel.

the House of Peers. This anticipation, however, proved unwarranted, as to-day the committee of the House of Peers having the matter in charge formally approved the measure as amended, and It is now evident that the bill will pass the upper House and become a law in Its, present form. The committee of peers also approved all bills relating to war taxes as amended in the lower House. The principal amendments are the exclusion of the tax on silk and the abandonment of the government plan for the erection of a salt monopoly. The committee investigating the case of Editor Aklyama has reported that it was unable to lind any clear evidence proving that Aklyama was a Russian spy. but that AklyamaPs newspaper showed that he was prepared to sacrifice the national Interest for private gain. The committee recommended that Aklyama resign his seat in Parliament. The House adopted the report, and Aklyama resigned. AMERICAN MINERS IN DIFFICULT POSITION SEOUL, March 27. The miners in north Korea find themselves in a most difficult position. Their ability to continue work notwithstanding the outbreak of hostilities Is dependent on their strictly minding their own business and exercising great caution to avoid offending either of the combatants. They have practically ceased sending out any private correspondence In fear that some chance expressions therein might be construed Into evidence of a partiality. United States Minister Allen U exerting pressure to secure the release of their specie train as the delay is causing embarrassment. The Korean laborers will not accept' bullion In payment for their services, while the rice merchants demand specie. A party of persons at Chemuplo. including the bride of Dr. Strykcr, the physician of the mines' hospital. Is at Chemulpo desiring to go to Unsan, where the mines are located, but has len advised to wait, as Mr. Allen cannot guarantee the safety of the women. Letters received from the American missionaries at Ping-Yang and other points in the north indicate that they are allowed to continue their work unmolested. ALL THE WHITES THINK JAPAN WILL BE VICTOR PORTLAND, Ore., March 21. The Portland and Asiatic liner Indrapura arrived here to-day from Japanese ports with a full cargo of merchandise which included exhibits for the St. Louis fair. She also brought S. Nagnal and V. Shlmado, Japanese fair commissioners, and forty-six Japanese passengers. According to the officers of the Indrapura all the white people of the far East express confidence that ultimately Japan will defeat Russia. The patriotism of the populace is described as being intense. While the people have little real news of the progress of events at the front, they are given to understand that the war Is resulting In a decided advantage to Japan arms and with this they are satisfied to make every possible sacrifice. The wealthier class In Japan have tendered to the government all thlr earthly possessions to prosecute the war and in some cases nobles have even pawned their jewels to raise money to contribute to the war fund. JAPANESE WARSHIPS PROBABLY UNSCATHED LONDON, March A Times corrc spondent cn a dispatch boat in the far East reports having seen a Russian squadron of five battleships and cruisers thirty miles southwest of Port Arthur Saturday morning, steering for Port Arthur, their exposed Hank being protected by a line of torpeüo boat destroyers. The same correspondent, wiring on' Sunday, says he saw the Japanese fleet leaving Port Arthur after the fight of that mnrr.lnfr. which he was too late to witness. A close examination of the vessels showed no signs of their having had hard usage. The correspondent remarks also that the Russian ships are using Japanese coal, the smoke of which can be detected from fifteen to twenty miles distant, while the Japanese are burning: Welsh coal, which mates very little smoüe. WAR MAY BEGIN IN FALL AND LAST TWO YEARS PARIS. March 2S. The Matin's Harbin correspondent says a rumor is being circu lated to the effect that the war will last two years and that it will not really begin before September, the rains making July and August unfavorable for military operations. "Despite Chinese protestations of neutrality," the correspondent continues. "General Ma persists In advancing into Manchuria. If this movement is combined with the Japanese operations the Russians will be obliged to act against General Ma. He continue? to move northward, although the Peking government. It is understood, has ordered him to retire." EMPEROR OF JAPAN GIVES 100,000 YEN TOKIO, March 25. The Emperor to-day donated 100,000 yen to the Soldiers' Relief Society. Counts Matsugata and Inouye, promoters of the society, who had an audience with the Emperor, were given the donation. Gon. Sir William Nicholson, director general of military Intelligence of the Rrltish War Office, has arrived here. General Nicholson will accompany the Japanese army for the purpose of making a special study of the methods of transportation. Captain Trowbridge, th Uritish nav.il attache, has departed for London. NO MUTINY AMONG CHINESE TROOPS TIEN-TSIN. March 27. It is learned upon reliable official authority that the rumors of di?satisfuctlon and mutiny amongst the Chinese Imperial troops on the border, which have been current for several days,

are absolutely unfounded. Colonel Muenthe, of Viceroy Yuan Chi Kais's staff, wno was sent to Port Arthur ten days ago to remove the Chinese from that city, returned to Tien-Tsin Saturday, having sat isfactorily terminated his refugee mission. FLEET OF TRANSPORTS BOUND FOR KOREA CHE-FOO, March 27. The steamer Active has arrived here from Kobe, Japan. She reports that on the 23th Inst, she passed a fleet of Japanese transports, convoyed by cruisers, in the inland sea. Thev wer bound for Korea. RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT RUNS AGROUND ALGIERS, March 27. The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Buini while entering this port to-day went aground and suffered extensive damages. The vessel must be docked. v Japanese Adventurers. LONDON, ' March 2S. The Standard's correspondent at Seoul says that since the fight at Chemulpo over 7,000 Japanese adventurers have arrived at Seoul in search of employment. Knropatkln Xow with Alexleff. MUKDEN, March 27. General Kuropatkln arrived here to-day and proceeded to the headquarters of Viceroy Alexleff. LOUBET NEVER DREAMED OF VISITING THE POPE Premier Combes Says the President's Trip Is One of Courtesy. PROTEST AGAINST SPEECH ROME, March 27. Newspap'ers here publish an interview with M. Combes, the French premier, In which he says that the forthcoming visit of President Loubet Is not only a courtesy from the President of the French republic to King Victor Emmanuel, but that It is a visit "from a friend called France to a friend called Italy," the relations of which countries are now as close as possible. M. Combes added that President Loubet never dreamed of visiting the Pope. Concerning the speech delivered by the Pontiff in receiving the' members of the Sacred College on his name day, March IS, in which he criticised the French government for its treatment of the clergyt and the religious orders, and against which speech the French ambassador at the Vatican has entered a protest, the premier said: "It is the Pope's business, and he can do what he thinks best. The Vatican has not observed the concordat, and it would be more frank and more loyal to denounce it as ended. I energetically protested against the speech of Pope I'ius, and Foreign Minister Delcasse protested likewise against the Intervention of the Pope in questions which were not spiritual and which were not contemplated by the concordat." SAY "DORM" IS FOR MEN FROM MISSO URI Students at Columbia Protest Against Receiving Egyptians as Roommates. COLUMBIA, Mo., March 27.-The students of the University of Missouri have circulated a petition asking that foreigners be excluded from the meu'a dormitory. The petition followed the announcement that an Egyptian studeut at the university had prevailed upon several of his countrymen to enter the university next year, and the students claim that the dormitory should be for the use of Missouri students alone. BURNED OIL AS FUEL ON A LONG VOYAGE NEW YORK. March 27. The AmericanHawaiian line steamer Nebraska n arrived to-day from San Francisco and San Diego, Cal., with a large cargo of wine, etc. The Nebraskan is fitted with an equipment to burn oil as fuel. She left San Francisco. Jan. 2. used the oil continuously and successfully throughout the voyage, enabling her to steam direct to New York without making the usual stops at coal ports. She left San Francisco with only two tons of coal on board. DEATHS OF A DAY. WASHINGTON. March 27. Mrs. Cornelia Grlnnell Willis, widow of the author N. P. Willis, is dead here in the eightieth vear of her age. The funeral will be held In New Redford. Mass.. her girlhood home, to-morrow. Prior to coming here, about eight years ago, Mrs. Willis was for many years at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. where she and her husband lived during the greater part of their married life. She was a daughter of former Representative In Congress Joseph Grlnnell. WASHINGTON. March 27.-Rrevet Major General Thomas O. Osborn. of Chicago, for many year United States minister to the Argentine Republic, who came to Washington a few days ago with his niece. Mrs. C. 1. llaskins. of Des Moines, In., for a visit, died here of apoplexy this afternoon. WASHINGTON. March 27. Harry L. Wilson, one of the most expert telegraphers in the country and for some years chief operator for the Associated Press In this city. died to-day of neuralgia of the heart, aged forty-four years. He leaves a widow and eight children.

PORT ARTHUR, Feb. 9. The first sea fight of the war took place last night and resulted in a Japanese victory. Soon after midnight several low explosions were heard, as though a mine had been sprung at a considerable depth in the ground. They were not pronounced enough to have wakened any one In the town, but were easily heard by any one who had not yet retired. After the first few explosions nothing more was, heard, and as there had been considerable blasting in connection with the building of a drydock in the vicinity, no particular attention was paid to the reports. In the morning, however, the result was to be seen. At the entrance of the harbor were the two Russian battleships, the Czarevitch and the Retvizan, heeled away over and fast ashore. One would have thought that this would have created some excitement In thls military center, but I have seen more on the New England coast over the wreck of a fishing smack than was displayed by these stolid Russians. Possibly they did not realize the

full purport of the disaster that had overtaken them, but in any case they took it quite indifferently. During the early morning hours a small crowd collected on the hills and gazed at the crippled battleships. One of them had been one of the fastest battleships In the Russian navy, If not the fastest, and in one shot she had been put out of action. During the entire morning a Japanese torpedo boat or destroyer hovered about In plain sight, coming in at times so near that it seemed to invite attack. At 11:30 o'clock the Russian shore batteries opened upon the Japanese fleet, which had moved up Into position, and after the first shot was fired, as a signal, the fire rippled alonsr the entire Russian line. The firing, as a whole, was very heavy from the Russian batteries. The attacking fleet returned the fire with vigor, but their shells did no damage to the forts on land. The Japanese shells fell in the harbor and on the hill behind the town, but none of them took effect, although tho merchant shipping in tho harbor was in imminent danger. In a few cases the fragments from the exploding shells struck the different ships and slightly wounded some of the crew, but no real damage was done. Tho wharf was struck twice, one of the shells exploding on contact, making a hole THIRTEEN NEGROES SHOT TO DEATH IN ARKANSAS -SINCE AWEEK AGOTO-DAY Griffin Brothers the Last to Fall Victims to White Men's Bullets. ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE Negroes in the Majority, but Only Two Were Seen on the Streets Saturday. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 27. A special to the Gazette from De Witt, Ark., says: "Two more negroes have been killed in the clash between whites and blacks at St. Charles, fifteen miles from here, in Ar kansas county. This brings the total of dead negroes up to thirteen, all of them being killed within the past week. The last two negroes killed were the Grittin brothers, Henry and Walker, who were the cause of the trouble. The negroes were reported to have escapd, but it is known that they are dead, and it is believed they were killed yesterday. Owing to the remoteness of St. Charles, and to the fact that the news of the result of the riot is not given out freely, it is difficult to obtain details, but there is no doubt of the authenticity of the report with reference to the death of the Griffins. In the St. Charles neighborhood the negroes largely outnumber the whites and trouble .has been brewing for a long time, and it Is said the negroes for the past two years have been getting Insolent and belligerent. It is now believed the leaders of the unruly element have been killed and that further trouble will be averted. Yesterday was election day, and usually on such a day St. Charles is crowded with negroes, but during the entire day only two negroes were seen in thö town, 'and these two appeared in the morning and stayed in the village but a short time. Near St. Charles the negroes are quiet and are attending strictly to their work. The trouble originated last Monday when the two Griffins met two white men, brothers namod Searcy. The Searcys. who are fishermen, and the Griffins had an altercation a few days before, and when they met te trouble was renewed. One of the negroes armed himself with the leg of a chair and with his brother assaulted the white men, beating them so severely that one Is now on the verge of death and the other is in a critical condition. In an effort to arrest the Griillns eleven negroes have been killed. The death of the two Griffins makes the death list number thirteen. PREACHED ON THE FAMED HILL OF MARS Toronto Clergyman Talks to Sun day-School Workers Classic Greece. in ATHENS, March 27. The Rev. John Totts, of Toronto. Ontario, preached on. the Hill of Mars to-day to the delegates to the world's Sunday-school convention. The ministers and delegates repeated St. Paul's address to the Athenians. All the members of the party from the United States are well and will proceed to Jerusalem, where the meetings of the convention will be held. ALL HAD QUICK-FIRE GUNS ON BOARD PARIS. March 2S. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo De Taris cables as follows: "An officer of the naval general staff Informs me that the four steamers which the Japanese endeavored to .sink In the channel at Port Arthur Sunday "morning were In excellent condition and worth about $l.A0fi0. All the Hotchkiss quickfiiing guns aboard them have been recovered. When the steamers stranded Russian officers promptly leaped aboard and cut the electric wires which were intended the fire the explosives." STABBED IN THE BACK BY MURDEROUS ITALIAN PITTSBURG. Pa., March 27. John Maughrey, a prominent young man of Duquesne, while walking along a street la that town to-night, was stabbed in the back by an Kalian and Is now dying at the McKeesport Hospital. Maughrey and his 1 brother passed two Italians on the street and spoke to them. One oi the Italians J took offense, cut Maughrey several times i and ran. followed by his companion. Up to a 1 law hour neither had been captured

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a lot of debris plied near the wnan. ahc windows in the vicinity were all smashed. Another twelve-inch shell fell in a yard near by. but did not explode, and was there the next day. sticking half buried in the ground. The Jananese fleet made but one attack, and then tailed away into the heavy mist that hun over the sea. evidently wishing only to test the strength of the place. The Russians, having too much to loss and being in such a crippled condition, did not follow the enemy. While very little, if any, damage was done In the town by the Japanese shells, they cauied a pan.c amonpf the inhabitants, especially among the Chinese, and for several days following every one of them who had not run away took any available means to escape. Servants, coolies and laborers of all sorts fled In hundreds, paying any price to get away. When the day's righting had finished the record from the Russian side showed the loss of two battleships from torpedoes, aground at the entrance of the harbor, and one of them probably a total loss, and two cruisers badly damaged, with their wounds stuffed with hemp matting. Throughout the fleet were marks of the Japanese fire here a boat smashed, a funnel shot away, stacks riddled, and deep indentations in the armor. The Russians reported twenty-eight killed and thirty-two wounded. There was probably no damage whatever done to the forts by the Japanese fleet. The Russian fleet, as engaged and in the harbor, consisted of five battleships outside the harbor, besides the two aground, four cruisers, twelve torpedo boats and destroyers and one vessel of the volunteer fleet. There were three cruisers and four torpedo boats in East Port, and two cruisers and five torpedo boats at anchor Inside the bay. The tirmament of the shore batteries consisted of probably ten to twelve ten-inch guns, besides several batteries of smaller ten and twelve quick-fire guns. The only guns using black powder were those at the main entrance to the harbor, and this was undoubtedly done for tho purpose of drawing the enemy's fire, as the Russians have sufficient smokeless powder on hand. One of tho wounded battleships, the Czarevitch, was pulled off the shore by tugs on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 9, and towed into port, but it was plain to see that she was in very bad condition, seeming to have filled astern, for she had settled badly, although forward she was well afloat. The following day tho fleet moved into the harbor, with the exception of the torpedo boats and destroyers. All of these small craft were continued on scout duty and as dispatch boats. As nearly as could be seen from this side the Japanese fleet consisted of eight ships, but, as a very heavy mist hung well Inshore, It is thought that only part of the fleet was engaged. Copyright. 1004. by Collier's Weekly. IS FROM ENTERING PULPIT Pastorate of the Rev. J. Alford - Fisher Terminated in Sensational Manner. WILL LEAVE CLEVELAND CLEVELAND, O., March 27. The pastorate of Rev. J. Alford Fisher, of the Frank-lln-avenue Congregational Church, was terminated to-day In a sensational manner. Mr. Fisher has, since coming to the church last November, been charged with too liberal views In his pulpit utterances, and he had been asked to resign. His contract, however, extends for three months longer. During the morning services Mr. Fisher spoke of the manner in which many people regard the Rible, declaring that it had been made "a fetich." Thereupon Deacon Thomas Henderson arose in his seat and protested that Mr. Fisher came to the church under false pretenses, for he had accepted the pastorate "as a minister of the gospel." The. congregation then took sides with and against the minister, and a number of persons moved toward the pulpit, which Mr. Fisher had meanwhile vacated, and prevented him from entering It again during the morning-service. Mr. Fisher will leave Cleveland Thursday. He came to Cleveland from the church of the late Dr. Scudder, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and is widely known. SIX PERSONS KILLED BY Much Property Destroyed Near Carruthersville Chickens Beheaded and Picked. CATTLE . SLAUGHTERED CARRUTHEF.SVILLE, Mo., March 27.-A tornado swept the country twenty miles north of here last night, causing Joss of life and destroying thousands of dollars' worth of property. The wires have beeil down all day and authentic news is hard to get, but as belated reports come in the loss of life and property increases. It is known that six lives have been lost and thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed. The lives of the Shuemaker family, living near Portagevllle, four in number, were blotted out and their home demolished. Wesley Miller and wife, living two miles north of Mount Pleasant, were killed and their home demolished. Their bodies were found 200 yards away badly mutilated. Mr. Miller was a wealthy mill owner and planter. Fifteen hundred dollars in money belonging to him was found scattered over the ground. Much stock was killed and wounded. Chickens were found with their heads off and stripped of their feathers. Fence posts were blown fronf the ground and Kiant trees were twisted aside like straws. It is feared full reports will reveal a greater loss of life. ' Yesterday was very hot and just after dark the tornado burst its furious wrath from a funnel-shaped cloud, sweeping a path 300 yards wide. Omnr at the Spring Openings. I. As one with Nerve prepared for Anything I went to see the styles of which they Sing Amoni? a Sea of Women I was tossed. Yet saw the fashions that are sprung this spring. II. Pome Korpeous as a Bird of Paradise, Yet All and each were voted "Cute"' and "Nice." And those which got the very highest Praise I found were marked the very highest Price. III. Yet this was not the Thought that came to Me. I did not mock this Frivolity: Nay. nay. my Meditations were upon The kinds of Donkey that a Man can be. IVFor here, methought, are Hat, and Dress, and r.iove. And IMumage of the Ostrich and the Dove, And silk and Satin. Lace and Etamlne It is with These that all Men fall in Love. One sees a Gown at Forty Ninety-eight Upon a Maid, and then with Heart elate lie noteth all the Iteauty of the Dress. And sayeth: "Here, at last. I meet my Fate!" VI. Affection finds Its birth in Fashion's knack Of sidinjr Grecian IJend or Habit Back. Men plight their Troths to Sunday's gay Attire. And get Divorce from Monday's Dressing Sack. VII. It is the rustle of the silken Frock That makes the Heart within your Bosom knock. Ah, take the Dress and let the Woman po: And you will have Dan Cupid beat a block. VIII. These are the Thoughts that came Into my Mind While .-zinis on the Fashions new defipned And. knowing all ttte Foolishness. I lt-rt : Kut what was It that made rr.e look lJehlnd? 'Twas this: I saw a rich creation there It ma?e rr.e sitrh: For thee alone I care." And so I n(-cls must take a backward Look To what Woman chos that Gown to wear. -W. O. KwUl. la Cfclcaso Tribute.

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Copyright. lIKf by Collier's Weekly. RUSSIAN MAIL STEAMER SUNGARI. SUNK IN HARBOR OF CHEMULPO. This vessel lay in port Feb. 9, with clearance paiers atoard. ready to sail on her regularly scheduled trip for Fort Arthur, having landed her passenger and mails from Fhanghsi. After the commander of the Variag. with his men. were safely aboard the French cruiser Pascal, he sent a boatload of Russian tailors to the Sungart, with orders to fire ard scuttl her. The ship's officers and crew of forty men were taken aboard the Pascal, and the bhj merchant vessel was set on fire at the main hatch at about 6 o'clock In the afternoon. Th flames quickly ate her upper works, and the hull burned until 2 o'clock the following morning, throwing a great glare over the harbor and hills of Chemulpo. Then the Sungarl sank, leaving only her topmasts and a part of her funnel above water.

AMBASSADOR MEYER OIIIES VITHTHE KAISER His Majesty Invites the American Diplomat Aboard the Hohenzollern. BOTH VISIT AN ABBEY NAPLES, March 27.-On the invitation of Emperor William, Ambassador Meyer came to Naples from Rome to-day and dined with his Majesty on board the German Imperial yacht Hohenzollern. The ambassador sat at the right of the Empercr, on his left was Father Boniface Krug., formerly of the Benedictine Abbey at Beatty, Pa., and now abbot of the Abbey of Monte Cassino. The ambassador and the abbot were the only puests ot the Emperor, who Jokingly said that It was an American dinner. At the request of the Emperor, Ambassador Meyer accompnnied him and Father Krug to Monte Cassino, where tney visited the abbey and admired the work of restoration of the famous mosaics there. Speaking of the condition of the Emperor, Ambassador Meyer said: "Emperor William looks extremely well, Just as he did when I saw him at Kiel last summer. His voice is as strong as ever and he is in excellent spirits." Emperor William intended to cruise north along the shore from Naples up to the mouth of the Tiber, meeting Queen Margherita at Gaeta, but the stormy weather prevented this. Every one who has seen the Emperor here agrees that he has aged considerably. His voice shows no trace of his recent illness. DERBY CANDIDATES ARE GIVEN FINAL WORK-OUT MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 27. Indications to-night aro that the Montgomery handicap, the all-aged event Which will be decided at the local track to-morrow, will be run over a fast track. The weather is fair and cool, with no prospect of rain. Many of the handicap candidates were out for light work to-day, and a large number of people thronged the course to witness their work. Little Scout, one of the favorites for the race, was given a light gallop. Domlnlck will have the mount, and the Hennett colt will have a strong following. Wltful, with Fuller in the saddle, probably will be the post favorite. The Hildreth filly has been In fine fettle, and Is expected to give a good account of herself. AND TRAIN RUNS WILD c He Is Struck on the Head by a Missile and Throttle Is I Jerked Open. SOME ONE THREW STONE ST. LOUIS, March 27.-When the "Meteor," the west-bound fast passenger train on the St. Louis & San Francisco road, pulled out of Union Station to-day a missile struck Engineer James C. Lindberg on the head, and his unconscious body hung half way out of the cab window as the train suddenly plunged ahead at terrific speed, the throttle having been Jerked open as the engineer fell back. Fireman Charles F. Kuschert sprang to the throttle and brought the train to a standstill after its flight of eight blocks through the railroad yards. . Engineer Lindberg's skull was found to have been fractured and blood was flowing from the wound. He was hurriedly removed to a hospital without having regained consciousness and his injury was pronounced so dangerous that he probably will die. The police are at a loss to account for the accident, but advance the theory that some one threw a stone which struck the engineer as he sat in the open window of his cab. Engineer Lindberg is fifty years old and is one of the oldest engineers on the road. Another engineer was speedily called and the train resumed its Journey with brief delay. GIRL KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT NEW YORK, March 27. Four persons in an automobile, owned and drlvenby Jerome Yeager, were thrown out while the car wa3 swinging round a sharp curve in Central Park to-day. Miss Florence Maas, of the Hotel Endicott, was picked up unconscious and died soon after being taken home, and Solomon Strock was seriously injured. The rest escaped unhurt. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS NEW YORK, March 27. Arrived: Etruria, from Liverpool; Moltke, from Hamburg; St. Louis, from Southampton; Patria and Citta di Milano, from Naples; Minnetonka, from London. La Gascogne, from Havre, for New York, is reported as having been in communication by wireless tehgraphy with the Nantucket lightship at G p. m. SCILLY, March 23. Passed: Kronprinz Wilhelm, from New York, for Plymouth; Kroonland, from New York, for Antwerp. BOULOGNE. Mrch 27. Sailed: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam, for New York, and passed Lizard. QITEENSTOWN. March 27. Sailed: Lucanla, lrom Liverpool, for New York. LIZARD. March 27. Passed: Minneapolis, from New York, for Iondon. LIVERPOOL. March 2T.-Arrived: Boric and Umbria, from New York. SOUTIIAM1TON, March 27. Arrived: St. Paul, from New York. COLDS LEAD TO I'MH'MO.MA. laxative Promo Quinine removes the cause. To get the genulnecall for the fu!l name and look tor the signature of E. W. Grove, wc.

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CRY OF "FIRE" CAUSES VILO PANIC III A CHURCH Score of Persons Are Injured, Two Women and Two Children Seriously. MAD RUSH FOR ONLY EXIT NEW HAVEN. Conn., March 27. A panic occurred at the morning service in St. Michael's Italian Church here to-day in which almost a score of persons were Injured. Four Of the most seriously injured, two women and two children, were taken to the New Haven Hospital. Some one In the congregation shouted "fire" during a prayer and immediately the worshipers arose and rushed for the door at the rear of the church, the only exit. Women and children were trampeled upon and dragged along the floor by the others in their endeavor to get out of the building, and in the height of the confusion some one sent in a fire alarm. With great difficulty the firemen succeeded in forcing back tho struggling mass that had become wedged in the doorway. When the building wos freed of pc-ople two women and two girls were found on the floor badly hurt. The injuries of the others were attended by ambulance surgeons and physicians. The police and members of the church have made an investigation, but no reason for an alarm of fire has been discovered. FAIR AND WARMER TO -DAY AND TO-MORROW, V YCAlNfr AGMNjVJ WASHINGTON. March 27. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: Indiana and Illinois Fair and warmer on Monday and Tuesday: fresh west winds. Ohio Fair and warmer on Monday, preceded by snow on northeast lake shore. Tuesday fair and warmer; fresh west winds. Ijnwer Michigan Fair in southern, snow In north portion; warmer on Monday. Tuesday fair and warmer; fresh southwest wind. Kentucky and West Virginia Fair and warmer on Monday and Tuesday. Tennessee Fair and warmer on Monday and Tuesday. Iowa and Missouri Fair and warmer on Monday. Tuesday fair. Minnesota Rain or snow on Monday, with rising temperature. Tuesday fair; fresh westerly winds. North Dakota Fair Monday and Tuesday. South Dakota, Nebraska and KansasFair and warmer on Monday. Tuesday fair. Yesterday Temperature. Stations. 7 Abilene. Tex Amarillo, Tex Atlanta. Ga Bismarck, N. D Buffalo, N. Y Cfliro, 111 Calgary, Alberta Chattanooga, Tenn Cheyenne, Wyo Chicago, III

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